Slipper-package.



M. WOODBURY.

SLIPPER PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.19, 1907.

Patented June 22, 1909.

MELVILLE WOODBURY, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

" SLIPPER-PAOKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed October 19, 1907. Serial No. 398,161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVILLE WOODBURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slipper-Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a travelers package and more particularly to a package for slippers, the object being to F provide in a handy package and in compact form means wherebya traveler can carry a pair of slippers. i

To the above ends the present invention consists of the improved slipper package which will now be described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows ,the package closed and secured and in the form in which it is carried. Fig. 2 shows in plan view the case or package opened up and illustrating the slip pers therein. Fig. 3 shows a transverse sectional view taken on the dotted line ww, Fig. 2, with the slippers removed and illustrating the construction of the case.

Similar reference characters will-be used throughout the specification and drawing to designate corresponding parts.

The package A comprises a case (a, the slippers b, and a suitable fastening a. The case a is made of any suitable sheet material, and preferably of the same material from which the uppers of the slippers b are made, and in practice I make the outer layer a of the case a and the upper of the slippers of leather of the same texture and color. The slippers b are made with a folding counter and without the usual counter stiffener and arran ed to be folded as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Upon its inner face and upon opposite sides of a longitudinal central line the case n, is provided with pockets d, placed upon opposite sides of a vertical line, dividing the case at its center and in reverse relation to each other, as "clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. These pockets (l are made of leather corresponding in color and texture to the outer part of the case a and to the uppers of the slippers I), and are attached firmly to the case a. The case a comprises further a lining a which is preferably of cloth, and may be of silk, or satin, or any other suitable textile, material, and preferably of a color to correspond with the color of the leather used in the outer part of the case a and the pockets d and the uppers of Y the slippers b. The lining a? and the outer part a of the case are stltched together by the marginal line of stitches e, which line also is utilized to secure the outer edges of the pockets d from the point 1 to the point 2, and from the point 2 around the base of the pocket; and to the opposite corner of the open end of the pocket, the pockets are secured by the line of stitching a passing through the lining a only, thus leaving the outer covering a of the caseplain and free from all stitching except the marginal stitching, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

The fastening 0 consists of straps or bands 0 and a secured to the opposite edges of the case and adapted to be wrapped around the case and tied, as shown in Fig. 1. Any other suitable form of fastening may be substituted for that shown; for instance, the edgesof the case may be secured by a strap and the usual and Well known ball and socket fastening.

As shown in Fig. 2, the slippers having their counters folded, have their heel ends inserted in the pockets and extended in opposite directions therefrom, and thus permitting the case to be folded into a compact and neat package, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A slipper package for travelers comprising a flexible case substantially rectangular in form and having upon its inner surface the reversely arranged pockets and a pair of slippers with folded counters inserted in said pockets, the outer surface of the case and the uppers of the slippers corresponding with each other in texture and character of material, and the case adapted to be folded upon a longitudinal central line to cover the slippers, substantially as described.

2. A slipper package for travelers comprising a flexible case formed of an outer layer of material and a lining stitched together about their marginal edges and having pockets upon the inner surface scoured alon their outer and lower edges by the stitcfiin which unites the material of .the case an along their inner ed%es by stitches passing through the lining on and a pair of slippers provided with fol ing counters inserte in said pockets, the case adapted to be folded u on a longitudinal central line to cover t e slippers and a suitable In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

MELVILLE WOODBURY.

Witnesses:

T. HART ANDERSON, MARY T. KENNEY 

